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The History Manifesto
A new book challenges historians to quit studying the past through a microscope. Scott McLemee takes a look through the binoculars.
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Good Intentions, Bad Legislation
When it comes to innovation, the TEACH Act will hurt students, write Terry W. Hartle and Jarret S. Cummings.
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Jell-O Molds and Cigarettes
As CVS stops selling cigarettes, and more universities get into the Jell-O mold business, Ryan Craig wonders when universities will stop trying to be all things to all people.
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Where's the Fourth Estate?
Reporters too rarely cast a skeptical eye on proposals and buzzwords that promise change and promote innovation in higher education, Bernard Fryshman argues.
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Don’t Reform NCAA – Replace It
The association has lost control of college athletics. Congress should step in to create an alternative, as it did in another amateur sports realm in the 1970s, Donna Lopiano and Gerald Gurney write.
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Misjudgment Calls
Professors are sometimes too quick to decide on the intellectual ability of students and colleagues, writes Heather Dubrow.
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Don't Ban Student Emails
Students learn something from the way professors respond, even to messages that never should have been sent, writes Danielle DeRise.